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A Sparks's latest activity
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if we now walk down the road behind us ( Newhall Hill) we have this view - still with Argent Centre at the top of the road . At the top... -
We are now on the corner of Legge Lane and Frederick Street this is the Argent Centre a wonderful red brick building with arched...
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The next picture is taken from on of the back accessways off Legge Lane and shows the rear of these premises.
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Had a bit of a hunt to find this location but now I know where I am - the white building is 17 Legge Lane the building to the left of...
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we now look across the road at a few building that seem rather sad, Barrowclift has the windows boarded up and the building to the right...
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We now move across to the Jewellery Quarter and Legge Lane - these are a selection of old buildings but I am not sure which are left...
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This picture is an old printers shop in Garrison Lane seems to be on its way out, no windows tiles off the roof and the old red and...
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apologies the skewed image - shows what I have to start with but also if I straighten it I lose the building at the top and with it the...
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This information is a recap for newcomers, I scanned a lot of negatives of these old images - see the initial post for more...
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We now move onto Roll 72 and something different to start and may be of use to someone although the information provided is a bit vague...
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We now have a bit of time travel to 1964 and a view of what this area looked like, and what was lost - lots of three and four storey...
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This is an interesting sign - showing the site where Arthur Conan Doyle lived , I cannot add to this as my noted read - old sign Aston...
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and we now turn around to look toward the City Centre, looking to the distance you can see the holes in the landscape - all the old...
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I know we have been up and down this road a few time this is a general view of the destruction, sorry redevelopment to improve the...
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Next picture forms a theme as this was closed the week before - its The Avenue, Aston Street North, as you can see it is still intact...
